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4.1. The Role of Mozuku Cultivation beyond the Food Supply: The Challenges and CountermeasuresMozuku production in Okinawa, in general and specific to the OVFC, faces a series of challenges from terrestrial influences, coral reef…

Kelp spores are being seeded and grown on small rocks and scallop shells – a seafood waste product – in efforts to regenerate the UK’s coastal kelp forests. Unlike many other restoration techniques, this method is cheap and easy…

Kelp cultivated in underwater forests could help curb climate change, both because of the carbon these forests capture and because products made from kelp can…

The first Seaweed Knowledge Symposium covered the challenges and opportunities of a burgeoning field December 5, 2023 Watch the video recordings of the December 2022 Seaweed Knowledge Symposium online The seaweed of Puget Sound.…

By Yaamini Venkataraman February 2018 There’s an invasion beneath the waves at Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. It’s not an alien invasion — although the invaders…

When it comes to eating, the ocean provides much more than just seafood. Many of the foods and products found in your local grocery store contain ingredients from the ocean.

Algin, an emulsifying and bonding agent, is extracted from kelp and used in these products. Kelp is also used as food on mollusk farms. Between 100,000 and 170,000 wet tons of kelp are harvested from California waters each year.

Some seaweeds are microscopic, such as the phytoplankton that live suspended in the water column and provide the base for most marine food chains. Some are enormous, like the giant kelp that grow in abundant “forests” and tower like…

Illustration of sargassum and associated marine life, including fish, sea turtles, birds, and marine mammals. Sargassum is a brown algae that forms a unique and highly productive floating ecosystem on the…

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In the Denmark Strait, southward-flowing frigid water from the Nordic Seas meets warmer water from the Irminger Sea. The cold,…

Screening for Tiny Algae in the Name of Human Health Low-cost fiberglass screens help scientists gather samples for monitoring toxin-producing algal cells. Until now, sampling…

With the depletion of fish stocks in the North Atlantic, one deep-sea fisherman lost his livelihood and his interest in contributing to the destruction of the seas. His solution is an ocean farm. His sustainable, nutritious produce is in…